Method for operating a technical system, control apparatus, computer program product and the technical system

Abstract

A method for operating a technical system, an apparatus and method for determining a movement profile, control apparatus and the actual technical system that includes at least one drive to move at least one axis, wherein at least one optimized movement profile of the axis is calculated with the aid of an optimization method that calculates an optimized movement profile with reference to preset points of a movement profile and/or preset regions of the movement profile, where for simplified and particularly understandable use, the optimization method includes physical boundary conditions from the start of the optimization method, where the use and initialization of the technical system by the user is made more understandable, for example, and where the optimized movement profile is used to control the at least one drive of the technical system.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for increasing operational efficiency of a technical system comprising at least one drive which moves at least one movable axis, the method comprising:
 calculating, by a computer including a processor, at least one optimized movement profile of the at least one movable axis via the optimization method, the optimization method including physical boundary conditions and calculating the optimized movement profile with reference to at least one of preset points of a movement profile and preset regions of the movement profile, the movement profile comprising a plurality of outer preset regions and an inner region determinable via a method for operating a technical system; and 
 controlling, by the computer including the processor, the at least one drive of the technical system based on the optimized movement profile such that operational efficiency of the at least one drive of the technical system is increased. 
 
     
     
       2. The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the optimization method is configured to at least one of (i) minimize energy consumption of the at least one electric drive, (ii) minimize a time for one pass of the movement profile, and (iii) reduce vibrations in the technical system. 
     
     
       3. The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the technical system comprises at least one second drive to move at least one second movable axis. 
     
     
       4. The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the technical system comprises at least one second drive to move at least one second movable axis. 
     
     
       5. The method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the second movable axis is moved in accordance with a second movement profile; and wherein the first movement profile and the second movement profile are interlinked. 
     
     
       6. The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of (i) the movement profile and (ii) the optimized movement profile comprises a cam function. 
     
     
       7. The method as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein an optimized movement profile is calculated for both the movable axis and the at least one second movable axis of the technical system. 
     
     
       8. The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the optimization method calculates an optimized movement profile in a plurality of passes from at least one of (i) preset points and (ii) preset regions of a movement profile; and
 wherein, after each pass of the optimization method, the movement profile is displayed by a visualization mechanism of the technical system. 
 
     
     
       9. The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein construction-related loss parameters of the drive are included as boundary conditions to calculate an optimized movement profile with reference to the minimization of the energy consumption. 
     
     
       10. The method as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the loss parameters are depicted on the visualization mechanism. 
     
     
       11. The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the optimization method comprises at least one of a Newton method, an Sequential quadratic programming method, a Lagrange-Newton method, a Runge-Kutta method and a simplex method. 
     
     
       12. An apparatus for determining a movement profile or a plurality of interlinked movement profiles for increasing operational efficiency of a technical system, the apparatus comprising:
 a computing unit including a processor; 
 a visualization mechanism; and 
 at least one of (i) at least one interface for connection to at least one drive and (ii) an interface to connect the apparatus to the technical system; 
 wherein the apparatus is configured to:
 calculate at least one optimized movement profile of at least one movable axis via an optimization method, the optimization method including physical boundary conditions and calculating the optimized movement profile with reference to at least one of preset points of a movement profile and preset regions of the movement profile; and 
 control the at least one drive of the technical system based on the optimized movement profile such that operational efficiency of the at least one drive of the technical system is increased; and 
 
 wherein the movement profile comprising a plurality of outer preset regions and an inner region determinable via a method for operating a technical system. 
 
     
     
       13. A control apparatus for a technical system, said control apparatus calculating at least one optimized movement profile for one of (i) a movable axis and (ii) a plurality of interlinked optimized movement profiles comprising a plurality of outer preset regions and an inner region determinable via a method for operating the technical system to increase operational efficiency of the at least one drive of the technical system, and a plurality of movable axes, the control apparatus comprising:
 at least one optimization method which calculates the at least one optimized movement profile with reference to at least one of (i) preset points of a movement profile and (ii) preset regions of the movement profile; 
 wherein physical boundary conditions are included in the optimization method; and 
 wherein the at least one optimized movement profile sets movement of at least one drive in the technical system. 
 
     
     
       14. The control apparatus as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the optimization method for optimizing the movement profile at least one of (i) minimizes energy consumption of at least one electric drive of the technical system, (ii) minimizes a time for a pass of the movement profile and (iii) reduces vibrations in the technical system. 
     
     
       15. A technical system comprising:
 at least one of:
 (i) an apparatus for determining a movement profile or a plurality of interlinked movement profiles, the movement profile comprising a plurality of outer preset regions and an inner region determinable via a method for operating a technical system, comprising:
 a computing unit including a processor; 
 a visualization mechanism; and 
 at least one of (i) at least one interface for connection to a at least one drive and (ii) an interface; 
 
 wherein the apparatus is configured to:
 calculate at least one optimized movement profile of at least one movable axis via an optimization method, the optimization method including physical boundary conditions and calculating an optimized movement profile with reference to at least one of preset points of a movement profile and preset regions of the movement profile; and 
 control the at least one drive based on the optimized movement profile such that operational efficiency of the at least one drive of the technical system is increased; and 
 
 (ii) a control apparatus which calculates the at least one optimized movement profile for one of (i) the movable axis and (ii) the plurality of interlinked optimized movement profiles, and a plurality of movable axes, the movement profile comprising the plurality of outer preset regions and the inner region determinable via the method for operating the technical system to increase the operational efficiency of the at least one drive of the technical system, the control apparatus comprising:
 at least one optimization method which calculates the at least one optimized movement profile with reference to at least one of (i) the preset points of the movement profile and (ii) the preset regions of the movement profile; 
 
 wherein physical boundary conditions are included in the optimization method of the control apparatus; and 
 wherein the at least one optimized movement profile sets movement of at least one drive. 
 
 
     
     
       16. A non-transitory computer program product encoded with a computer program executed by a computing unit including a processor which operates a technical system comprising at least one drive to move at least one axis, the computer program comprising:
 program code for calculating, by the computer unit including the processor, at least one optimized movement profile of the at least one axis via the optimization method, the optimization method including physical boundary conditions and calculating the optimized movement profile with reference to at least one of preset points of a movement profile and preset regions of the movement profile, and the movement profile comprising a plurality of outer preset regions and an inner region determinable via a method for operating a technical system; and 
 program code for controlling, by the computer unit including the processor, the at least one drive of the technical system based on the optimized movement profile such that operational efficiency of the at least one drive of the technical system is increased. 
 
     
     
       17. The control apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the movement profile comprises a cam function. 
     
     
       18. The method as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein the movement profile comprises a cam function. 
     
     
       19. The technical system of  claim 15 , wherein the movement profile comprises a cam function.